I'm migrating from Windose and I'd like very much to organize the start of applications in a habitual way. I used to start an app by pressing 3 keys:

1. Super key.
2. The first letter in the name of a folder (e.g. g for graphics).
3. The first letter in the name of a program (e.g. g for gimp).

How can I start apps in the same (or at least similar) way on openSUSE (as for now GNOME 2.32.1)?.

in linux you have to write programs to do what you want in c or c++.

that is how all of what you see got there; some body writes it in c and then it is there.

to change it and make it different, you will have to write your own program to do what you want. you cannot just think of how it should be and then there will be a way to do it.

you have to write it in c (or c++)

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Hi

You could try using GnomeDo.

Its similar to what your looking for... you press Superkey and space then into the client that pops up you type first letter of what you want to run. If you use it often it will inteligently select that program else you can type second letter or scroll through a list.... enter runs the program.

Hope this helps

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You should be writing programs all the time then.

What a revelation!

I only asked about a solution, no need to misunderstand me.

poly_s
Hi.
Thanks for the help, your solution is really similar. I'm trying GnomeDo.

all
I welcome KDE solutions as well as I haven't yet made a choice of DE.

well dispite the name you can run gnome-do ontop of any system.

You don't need to program (that's the silliest reply I've seen in years!) or even Gnome-do. I'm using Gnome 2, but the facility should still be there in Gnome 3.

In the menu, under System or Administration, there should be a keyboard shortcuts tool. So, if you want a shortcut for Firefox,
1. Click on add
2. give the command, e.g. firefox
3. press the key combination when asked, e.g. the <www> key if you have one, or <Super><f>. Note that the keys are pressed together, not in sequence.

If pressing the Windows key doesn't register as Super, look for the keyboard configuration tool where you select the keyboard. This has an advanced section where you can adjust the usage of special keys and make sure that the Windows keys are used as Super.

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DavidMcCann
Thanks for the solution, it works great. I believed there was a good solution for such a routine task in Linux
In openSUSE 11.4, this tool is found under Menu-->Control Center-->Personal-->Keyboard Shortcuts.

This will get you going then....

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what about alt and f2 pressed together
alt+f2 and type in the app you wanna start it will also autofill

Thanks, but I've already discovered this method and I use it for those apps, which I don't run often.
I find, that shortcuts recommended by DavidMcCann is the quickest method though. Btw, it works in KDE as well.